Index: Delete.java
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--- Delete.java	(revision 726284)
+++ Delete.java	(working copy)
@@ -104,7 +104,9 @@
     protected boolean usedMatchingTask = false;
     // by default, remove matching empty dirs
     protected boolean includeEmpty = false;
-
+    
+    private boolean createInclude = false;
+    private boolean createIncludesFile = false;
     private int verbosity = Project.MSG_VERBOSE;
     private boolean quiet = false;
     private boolean failonerror = true;
@@ -215,6 +217,7 @@
      */
     public PatternSet.NameEntry createInclude() {
         usedMatchingTask = true;
+        createInclude = true;
         return super.createInclude();
     }
 
@@ -223,7 +226,8 @@
      * @return an NameEntry object to be configured
      */
     public PatternSet.NameEntry createIncludesFile() {
-        usedMatchingTask = true;
+        usedMatchingTask = true; 
+        createIncludesFile = true;
         return super.createIncludesFile();
     }
 
@@ -548,10 +552,12 @@
         filesetDirs.setProject(getProject());
         FileSet implicit = null;
         if (usedMatchingTask && dir != null && dir.isDirectory()) {
-            //add the files from the default fileset:
-            implicit = getImplicitFileSet();
-            implicit.setProject(getProject());
-            filesets.add(implicit);
+            if (!(!createInclude && createIncludesFile)) {
+            	//add the files from the default fileset:
+            	implicit = getImplicitFileSet();
+            	implicit.setProject(getProject());
+            	filesets.add(implicit);
+            }
         }
 
         for (int i = 0, size = filesets.size(); i < size; i++) {